Doylestown, PA|Featured Event
Collectors Auction Jan 28 & 29 | Coins | Jewelry | Silver | Art | Asian
Event Details
Alderfer Auction presents a 2-Day Collectors Auction featuring coins, bullion, jewelry, watches, medals, books, historical ephemera, furniture, rugs, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian offerings alongside primitives, decorative objects, bronzes, and fine art. Bid at alderferauction.com or on our free app available at Google Play or Apple Store.
Collectors Day 1: Wednesday, January 28th
Highlights include coins, bullion, jewelry, watches, medals, books, historical ephemera, furniture, and rugs.
Auction is open for pre-bidding at alderferauction.com until Wednesday, January 28th at 10AM, at which time pre-bidding will cease and the auction will go live at the auction center (no live audience, just our auctioneer and auction staff)
Day 1 of the Collectors Auction features coins, bullion, jewelry, watches, medals, books, historical ephemera, furniture, and rugs. Numismatic offerings include a 14k 1893 $10 Liberty Head Gold Coin Bracelet, $5 gold bullion coins, 1/10 oz gold bullion, and mixed U.S. silver coin groupings. Jewelry includes gold bracelets, diamond rings, opal jewelry, and gold earrings. Watches are led by a Howard 14k pocket watch with fob, with wristwatches by TAG Heuer, Itraco, Dunhill, Julien d’Orcel, and Krieger. Medals and commemoratives include Franklin Mint sterling silver Presidential medals, UN Peace medals, First Ladies medals, and a Norman Rockwell sterling silver plate. Books include Life of Admiral Nelson in fine binding, Napoleon and Waterloo-related volumes, Howard Pyle illustrated books, early 19th-century bindings, and fore-edge painted books. Historical ephemera includes a Civil War archive tied to the 56th Pennsylvania Infantry, Pennsylvania banknotes, and CDV albums. Furniture offerings include a Hepplewhite maple slant-front desk, Eldred Wheeler dressing tables, and multiple L. & J.G. Stickley tables and desks. Rugs include Persian Heriz, Sarouk, Kerman, Hamadan, and Kashan silk examples, along with Caucasian and Oriental rugs. The Novelty section features a Mills quarter slot machine, a Bally Midway Ms. Pac-Man Cocktail arcade game, railroad signs, a painted sleigh, and an early 20th c. Blue Streak child’s pedal car.
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Collectors Day 2: Thursday, January 29th
Highlights include Chinese, Japanese, and Russian offerings alongside primitives, decorative objects, bronzes, and fine art
Auction is open for pre-bidding until Thursday, January 29th at 10AM, at which time pre-bidding will cease and the auction will go live at the auction center (no live audience, just our auctioneer and auction staff).
Day 2 of the Collectors Auction features Chinese, Japanese, and Russian offerings alongside primitives, decorative objects, bronzes, and fine art. Chinese examples include a Transitional porcelain sleeve vase, a yellow ground porcelain dragon dish, Ruoshen teacups, crackle glaze hu vases, clair de lune porcelain, phoenix medallion bowls, porcelain garden stools, and ceremonial and enameled silver objects. Japanese offerings include a moriage cloisonné box, a Hidenao bronze peacock, a Shibayama lacquer inro, a goldstone cloisonné censer, Bisansha silver sake cups, Imari porcelain, Shozan for Koshida Satsuma pottery, and woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige and Kitagawa Utamaro. Russian icons include numerous 19th-century Orthodox examples, both individual panels and grouped lots, with painted and silver oklad icons represented. Primitive offerings include 19th-century needlework samplers, including an 1822 verse sampler. Decorative objects include Murano glass fruit and birds and related glass and porcelain items. Fine art includes works by Walter Emerson Baum, George William Sotter, Melville F. Stark, Giovanni Martino, Christopher G. Willett, and Thomas Sully.
Preview for both Auctions | Hatfield, PA
In-House with No Appointment Necessary
Monday, January 26th | 9AM – 3PM
Tuesday, January 27th | 9AM – 3PM
Wednesday, January 28th | 9AM – 3PM (Preview For Day 2)
Pick Up in Hatfield, PA.
Third Party Shipping Available.
Buyer’s Premium Applies. Corporate: Alderfer Auction, 501 Fairgrounds Rd, Hatfield PA 19440. Doylestown: 3359 Durham Road, Doylestown, PA 18902. 215-393-3000. See website for Terms & Conditions. www.AlderferAuction.com. Members of: NAA & PAA: Designations CAI, MPPA & AAA. Certified CSA, USPAP Compliant. Lic. #: AY002260.